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Burial ground in Killurin

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Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF024-022005

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